Fix/issue#1692

lib/ldp.js

@@ -145,23 +145,24 @@ class LDP {
 
     const ldp = this
     debug.handlers('POST -- On parent: ' + containerPath)
-    // prepare slug
+    if (container) {
+      // Containers should not receive an extension
+      extension = ''
+    }
+    // pepare slug
     if (slug) {
-      if (this.isAuxResource(slug, extension)) throw error(403, 'POST is not allowed for auxiliary resources')
-      if (this._containsInvalidSuffixes(slug)) {
-        throw error(400, `${slug} is an invalid file path`)
-      }
       slug = decodeURIComponent(slug)
+
+      if (container) {
+        // the name of a container cannot be a valid auxiliary resource document
+        if (this._containsInvalidSuffixes(slug + '/')) slug = slug.split('.')[0]
+      } else if (this.isAuxResource(slug, extension)) throw error(403, 'POST is not allowed for auxiliary resources')
+
       if (slug.match(/\/|\||:/)) {
         throw error(400, 'The name of new file POSTed may not contain : | or /')
       }
     }
 
-    // Containers should not receive an extension
-    if (container) {
-      extension = ''
-    }
-
     // always return a valid URL.
     const resourceUrl = await ldp.getAvailableUrl(hostname, containerPath, { slug, extension, container })
     debug.handlers('POST -- Will create at: ' + resourceUrl)
@@ -338,17 +339,7 @@ class LDP {
    * @returns {boolean} true is fail - if the path contains reserved suffixes
    */
   _containsInvalidSuffixes (path) {
-    // if it is a container, no suffix so remove last slash
-    if (path.endsWith('/')) {
-      path = path.slice(0, -1)
-    } else {
-      // this is a resource, so it either ends with an extension, or just text
-      const lastFullStop = path.lastIndexOf('.')
-      if (lastFullStop !== -1) { // contains at least one full stop
-        path = path.slice(0, lastFullStop)
-      }
-    }
-    return AUXILIARY_RESOURCES.some(suffix => path.includes(suffix))
+    return AUXILIARY_RESOURCES.some(suffix => path.endsWith(suffix + '/'))
   }
 
   // check whether a document (or container) has the same name as another document (or container)